[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-1]
No part of any private burglar alarm system shall be connected
to facilities of the Borough of Morton Police Department or maintained
in the Municipal Building of the Borough of Morton without a permit
therefor issued by the Borough Secretary.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-2; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
Each application for a permit or renewal of a permit shall be
made in writing upon forms provided by the Borough Secretary, and
each application shall be accompanied by payment of a permit fee in
an amount as established from time to time by resolution of Borough
Council.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-3]
Each permit shall be valid for a period of one year from date
of issuance and may be renewed annually upon application to the Borough
Secretary and payment of the permit fee.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-4]
The Public Safety Committee of the Borough Council is hereby
authorized to establish and, from time to time, review standards and
requirements for burglar alarms.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-5]
No permit will be granted or renewed for a private requirements
as may be imposed by the Public Safety Committee.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-6]
All users of presently existing installations of private burglar
alarm systems are hereby required to apply for a permit not later
than December 31, 1986.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § I-7]
Any burglar alarm system for which a valid permit has not been
granted or renewed as required by this Part shall be disconnected
without further notice to the owner or installer. The cost of such
removal may be collected in an action of assumpsit by the Borough
against any person, firm or corporation in whose benefit the alarm
was installed or in whose name an application for permit was made
or permit granted.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-1]
The following definitions shall apply to the interpretation
and enforcement of this Part.
Any device, bell, horn or siren which is burglar alarm system
which does not comply with such standards and attached to the interior
or exterior of a building and emits a warning signal outside the building
and is designed to attract attention when activated by a criminal
act or other emergency requiring policemen or firemen to respond.
An electric or battery operated device composed of sensory
apparatus and related hardware which automatically transmits any form
of alarm or signal, including, but not limited to, a prerecorded voice
alarm, from the premises to the Police or Fire Department via regular
telephone lines, upon receipt of a stimulus from a sensory apparatus
that has detected a physical force or condition inherently characteristic
of intrusion or fire.
The Borough of Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Any signal activated by an automatic protection device, any
audible alarm or any other direct or indirect signal given to the
Police or Fire Department to which police and firemen respond which
is not the result of a burglary, fire, robbery or similar emergency.
The Borough of Morton Fire Department.
The Borough of Morton Police Department.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-2]
After the enactment of this Part, owners or lessees must equip
all audible alarms with a timing mechanism that will disengage the
audible alarm after a maximum period of 15 minutes. Audible alarms
without such a timing mechanism shall be unlawful in the Borough and
must be disconnected by the owner or lessee within 60 days from the
effective date of this Part.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-3]
The provisions of this Part shall apply to all alarm systems
and warning devices irrespective of when such systems shall have been
installed. It is the specific purpose of this section to give this
Part retroactive effect.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-4]
No person shall conduct any test or demonstration of an automatic
protection device without first obtaining permission of the Police
and Fire Departments.
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-5]
1.
Any person found guilty of permitting or causing a false alarm, misuse,
false activation or negligent activation within the same calendar
year shall be punished as follows:
[Ord. 539, 6/11/1986, § II-6; as amended by Ord.
731, 2/11/2015]
Failure of any person to comply with the requirements of written
notice of a violation of any provision hereof within three days of
receipt of such notice, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000
plus costs together with reasonable attorney fees and, in default
of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to
exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or
each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense. Such notice shall continue in
force and effect until full compliance with the requirements stated
therein and each and every failure to comply with such notice within
24 hours after the three days allowed for the plan shall constitute
a separate offense.
